Suzanne Clément (born 12 May 1969)[1] is a Canadian actress. She is known for her work in Xavier Dolan's arthouse films I Killed My Mother (2009), Laurence Anyways (2012), and Mommy (2014).[2]
Suzanne Clément | |
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.jpg) Clément in 2012 | |
| Born | 12 May 1969 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1992–present |
Career
editShe started her career in 1992, with a recurring part in the Canadian TV series Watatatow.
A couple of years later, she made her cinema debut with The Confessional, directed by Robert Lepage and starring Kristin Scott Thomas.
She's well known for her recurring roles on television. From 1995 to 2000, she played Geneviève Bordeleau in the TV series Les machos and from 1997 to 2001, she played Martine Julien on the show Sous le signe du lion.
She returned to the big screen in 1998, with the movie 2 Seconds, directed by Manon Briand.
With Émilie Dequenne, she shared the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Actress at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival for her starring role in Laurence Anyways.[3] She was also nominated for Best Actress at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards for the same performance.[4]
In 2019, she landed a role on the play L’Heureux Stratagème, written by Marivaux and directed by Ladislas Chollat, starring alongside Éric Elmosnino and Sylvie Testud.[5]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-96 | Watatatow | Isabelle Bélanger | TV series |
| 1995 | The Confessional | Rachel | |
| Scoop IV | Young graduate | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1995-2000 | Les machos | Geneviève Bordeleau | TV series (122 episodes) |
| 1997-2001 | Sous le signe du lion | Martine Julien | TV series (26 episodes) |
| 1997 | Cher Olivier | The cheerleader | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1998 | 2 Seconds | La Bella | |
| Viens dehors ! | Marie | Short | |
| 1999 | The Long Winter | Angèle Bouchard | |
| Opération Tango | Nicou Langlois | ||
| Atomic Saké | Véronique | Short | |
| 1999-2000 | Un gars, une fille | Suzanne | TV series (3 episodes) |
| 2000 | Le regard de Delphine | Annick | TV movie |
| L'ombre de l'épervier II | Louise Beaupré | TV series (10 episodes) | |
| 2001 | Side Orders | Hélène | Short |
| La vie, la vie | Valérie | TV series (4 episodes) | |
| 2002 | Jean Duceppe | Hélène Rowley | TV mini-series |
| 2004 | Smash | Natacha | TV mini-series |
| Grande ourse | Hélène Marcoux | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2005 | Audition | Suzie | Nominated - Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - Prix Iris for Best Actress |
| Trudeau II : Maverick in the Making | Mercédès | TV movie | |
| Cover Girl | Camille Langlois | TV series (6 episodes) | |
| 2006-09 | Les Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin | Sophie Paquin | TV series (45 Episodes) Gémeaux Award for Best Actress - Comedy (2007) Gémeaux Award for Best Actress - Comedy (2008) Nominated - Gémeaux Award for Best Actress - Comedy (2009) Nominated - Gémeaux Award for Best Actress - Comedy (2010) |
| 2007 | Twilight | Zoé | Nominated - Prix Iris for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2008 | It's Not Me, I Swear! | Madeleine Doré | Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film Nominated - Prix Iris for Best Actress |
| Express | Louise Stevens | Short | |
| 2009 | Women Interrupted | Lea | |
| I Killed My Mother | Julie Cloutier | ||
| 2010 | Silence Lies | Viviane | Nominated - Prix Iris for Best Actress |
| Y'en aura pas de facile | Christine | ||
| Les Rescapés | Consuela | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2012 | Laurence Anyways | Frédérique Belair | Cannes Film Festival - Un Certain Regard - Best Actress RiverRun International Film Festival - Best Actress Nominated - Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress Nominated - Dublin Film Critics' Circle - Best Actress Nominated - Prix Iris for Best Actress Nominated - Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film |
| 2012-13 | Unité 9 | Shandy Galarneau | TV series (25 episodes) |
| 2013 | Amsterdam | Madeleine | |
| 2014 | Fall | Catherine Merchant | |
| To Life | Rose | ||
| Mommy | Kyla | Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress International Cinephile Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Prix Iris for Best Supporting Actress Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film Nominated - Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| Sitting on the Edge of Marlene | Marlene Bell | ||
| 2015 | My Internship in Canada | Suzanne Guibord | Nominated - Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film |
| 2016 | Jailbirds | Anita Lopes | |
| Early Winter | Maya | Nominated - Australian Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress | |
| The Other Half | Marie | ||
| The First, the Last | Clara | ||
| 2017 | C'est la vie! | Josiane | |
| Number One | Véra Jacob | ||
| Espèces menacées | Edith Kaufman | ||
| Des plans sur la comète | Michèle | ||
| La Forêt | Virginie Musso | TV mini-series | |
| Versailles | Madame Agathe | TV series (9 episodes) Nominated - Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Program or Series | |
| 2018 | Birthmarked | Dr. Julie Bouchard | |
| Nothing to Hide | Charlotte | ||
| The Child Remains | Rae | ||
| Le rire de ma mère | Marie | ||
| 2019 | Saul at Night | Amalur | |
| Raoul Taburin | Madeleine | ||
| 2020 | Inhuman Resources | Nicole Delambre | TV mini-series |
| Vampires | Martha Radescu | TV series (6 episodes) | |
| 2021 | Flashback | George Sand | |
| Les fantasmes | Louise Lebrun | ||
| Death of a Ladies' Man | Geneviève Gagnon-O'Shea | ||
| The Rope | Agnès Mueller | TV mini-series | |
| Bulle | Jeanne | TV series (6 episodes) | |
| 2022 | The Origin of Evil | Stéphane Marson | |
| 2022-23 | STAT | Emmanuelle St-Cyr | TV series (162 episodes) Gémeaux Award for Best Leading Role in a Daily Drama Series |
| 2023 | Ailleurs si j'y suis | Catherine | |
| 2024 | Longing | Rachel | Post-Production |
| Loups-Garous | Marie | Post-Production | |
| TBA | The Sticky | Inspector Olivia Nadeau | TV series Post-Production |
Theater
edit| Year | Title | Author | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | The Hunchback of Notre-Dame | Victor Hugo | Guy Freixe |
| 1995 | The Miser | Molière | Luc Durand |
| 1998 | La grande magia | Eduardo de Felipo | Serge Denoncourt |
| C’était avant la guerre à l’anse-à-gilles | Marie Laberge | Monique Duceppe | |
| 1999 | An Ideal Husband | Oscar Wilde | Serge Denoncourt |
| Je suis une mouette (non ce n’est pas ça) | Anton Chekhov | Serge Denoncourt | |
| 2000 | The Cherry Orchard | Anton Chekhov | Serge Denoncourt |
| 2001 | Three Sisters | Anton Chekhov | Luce Pelletier & Denis Bernard |
| Steel Magnolias | Robert Harling | Monique Duceppe | |
| 2004 | Elektra | Hugo von Hofmannsthal | Luce Pelletier |
| La sirène et le harpon | Pierre-Yves Lemieux | Pierre-Yves Lemieux | |
| 2005 | Jouliks | Marie-Christine Lê-Huu | Robert Bellefeuille |
| 2019-20 | L’Heureux Stratagème | Pierre de Marivaux | Ladislas Chollat |
References
edit- ^ Belzil, Patricia. "Suzanne Clément". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
- ^ "Quebec star Suzanne Clément on Vancouver, Xavier Dolan, and crossing over". Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly. 2015-02-27. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
- ^ Cannes (2012-05-27). "Awards 2012". festival-cannes.fr. Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 2015-05-26.
- ^ "Canadian Screen Awards nominees: From Kim Nguyen’s Rebelle to Xavier Dolan’s Laurence Anyways". The Gazette, January 15, 2013.
- ^ "L'Heureux stratagème | avec Sylvie Testud, Eric Elmosnino et Suzanne Clément".
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